Just a couple of days ago, I shared some tips for saving energy during the holidays. Well, this post goes completely against that theme - but I couldn't pass up the chance to mention a national story with a local connection. A CNN article featured home holiday decorations in several states, including a Pittsburgh house located on Beryl Drive in the South Hills:
"With an outdoor display of 150,000 Christmas lights, Bob and Raquel Cox saw their electric bill increase $400 last December. This year, the couple expects to pay an even larger bill: They strung 210,000 lights outside their Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home.
The couple started hanging outdoor Christmas lights in 2004. The following year, they had ‘more lights than your average home,' Bob Cox said. Now, their light display is grabbing national attention.
Raquel Cox spent more than six months computer-programming the lights to synchronize with 10 Christmas songs, and it took the family about three months to hang the lights."
Their home's holiday display also was the subject of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article back in December 2006.
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